Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT INC
Start: 10/5/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022108780 · 10/5/2022 · TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT INC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing
Source: Assailant, suspect, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.

Employer

Name: TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT INC
Location: Minnesota Ave & 19th Street SE, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20020
NAICS: 561990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was directing traffic at an intersection. After he asked a driver to stop, the driver got out of his vehicle and attacked the employee with a machete. The second swing of the blade struck the employee's hand, causing a laceration, broken bones, and tendon damage. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown